Thermal therapeutic pack

• US 3,175,558 A
• Filed: 03/14/1962
• Issued: 03/30/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: James C. Caillonette, William B. Worley
• Original Assignee: James C. Caillonette, William B. Worley
• Inventors: Caillonette, James C., Worley, William B.
• Application Number:
  US04/179,719
• Time in Patent Office: 1,112 Days
• US Class Current: 607/114
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0028 Rectum
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/005 female
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/026 with a fluid absorbing layer
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0276 with separate compartments connectable by rupturing a wall or membrane
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0279 Removable covers or sleeves pockets connected to the body or parts thereof A61F2007/023, A61F2007/0238
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/03 thermophore, i.e. self-heating, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/106 self-cooling, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 5/02 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 2020/0008 the heat storage material being enclosed in plate-like or laminated elements, e.g. in plates having internal compartments
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/811 Waterproof

Claims

1. A THERAPEUTIC PACK FOR THERMAL TREATMENT, COMPRISING:

A CONTAINING BAG A FLEXIBLE FLUID PROOF MATERIAL;

CHEMICAL MEANS WITH SAID BAG INCLUDING A LIQUID COMPONENT AND A SEPARATE NON-LIQUID COMPONENT FOR PRODUCING A TEMPERATURE-CHANGING REACTION UPON MIXTURE OF SAID COMPONENTS;

FRACTURABLE MEANS FOR CONTAINING SAID LIQUID COMPONENT OF SAID CHEMCIAL MEANS APART FROM SAID SEPARATE NON-LIQUID COMPONENT OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS WITHIN SAID BAG;

AND MEANS DISSOLVABLE BY SAID LIQUID COMPONENT ISOLATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID SEPARATE NON-LIQUID COMPONENT OF SAID CHEMICAL MEANS FROM THE SPACE WITHIN SAID CONTAINING BAG ACCESIBLE TO SAID LIQUID COMPONENT AFTER SAID FRACTURABLE MEANS IS FRACTURED, WHEREBY SAID PORTION OF SAID SEPARATE NON-LIQUID COMPONENT OF SAID CHEMICAL MEANS BECOMES ACCESSIBLE TO SAID LIQUID COMPONENT AFTER A TIME DELAY INTERVAL.